Small Employer’s Lack of Understanding Not Excuse for Dual Discrimination
Written by Lewis Waring, Paralegal, LL.B., Articled Clerk, Editor, First Reference
In a recent Alberta ruling, a small employer was found to have discriminated against its employee on the grounds of family status when it removed her role and dismissed her for cause following the resignation of her common-law spouse. Given its refusal to recognize the employee’s taking of medical leave in her final days of employment, the employer was also liable for disability discrimination under the Alberta Human Rights Act. . . . [more]